Verizon Wireless and Photobucket today announced the availability of a new mobile photo service on select Verizon Wireless handsets that enables Verizon Wireless customers to send photos from a mobile device to a Photobucket album. Here is more info:

The application will launch exclusively for Verizon Wireless customers and is available for download from Verizon Wireless mobile storefront by texting 'photob' to 2777, in the Community and Sharing category of the Verizon Wireless Get It Now catalog or by visiting photobucket.com/mobile

To utilize the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account ? which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com ? and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album. Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user?s Photobucket account. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account.

Verizon is the first carrier in the United States to be offering the Photobucket Mobile Uploader and the application will be available initially on 13 handsets. The service is available now from Verizon Wireless, which enables the user to send unlimited mobile photos to their Photobucket account for a monthly subscription fee of $2.99.